Jim Shilt — Mon, 18 Sep 2000 03:42:30 +0000

How about a semi-critical reply from from a small guy.

Your bullet select page is still using frames. Also on that page you might want to learn how to use a cookie to eliminate the pop-up if a user has seen that page. You might also like the look of the pop-ups that I use on my calendar page. http://shoutingrock.org/troop214/Julxx.shtml

They would be fairly easy to control with javascript.

On your gunnuts page. The second table should be shorter and wider instead of one column.

On the FAQ page you repeat the paragraph about Heavy bullets jump crimp in my .454 Casull, what can I do?

The notes about color and scrolling that previous writers have told you about also apply.

Lastly, do some editing. Short pages work better on the web than long scrolling

On a side note. Something about the impact of using lead bullets for the enviromentaly correct personage would be nice.

Brian Farkas — Sat, 16 Sep 2000 04:03:52 +0000

I agree with Megan. From a professional standpoint the site doesn't do it for me. However, I would like to say it is much better than the first site I designed, so at least you're off to a start.

You need to work on the logo, and maybe take a look at some of your competition, or http://www.coolhomepages.com to get some layout ideas. You also need to fix the sidebar- the fonts are Arial for the bottom half (which is fine) but Times New Roman for the top part... which does not look very good.

Again, I strongly urge you to check out coolhomepages.com, that site is great at giving you ideas on the layout of your site- so even if you aren't great with graphics you can still make a _decent_ looking site. It would help if you got a little more graphics practice, however.

Another thing to think about is the color scheme. Gray seems kind of dull, you might want to liven it up a little with some more color.

Good luck!

Brian

Megan — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:40:22 +0000

I think that overall you just need to keep practicing - check out coolhomepages.com for some examples of really good design. Get Paintshop Pro and learn how to use it well (Photoshop would be better but is probably too expensive for a beginner!).

I wouldn't say that tiled backgrounds are always bad, but it is very hard to make them look good. I would get rid of that part. You can't tell what that picture is supposed to be anyway.

Don't center so much of your text - especially the navbar on the right. Also get rid of most of those horizontal rules. I would also add in a bright colour, like red maybe to liven things up. So much grey and black and blue is a kind of dull.

Adobe GoLive! Interesting - if you don't already you really need to learn HTML, and learn it well if you want to make this into a career.

HumanClay — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 04:30:03 +0000

With 800x600 resolution there is a vertical scroll bar... I hate vertical scroll bars as do many people on the net

JP Stones — Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:43:35 +0000

several points:

- you logo is jagged use anti-aliase
- you seem to have two logo, mixed branding and cumbursome
- site is dull (yes I know grey=bullets but hey I can think of some great ideas that look less dull!)
- don't center text.
- don't used tiled backgrounds.
- use a paragraph to introduce your product.

Those are all negative things, the site itself is OK just amateurish.
JP